Oman students crowned winners of national cybersecurity competition

Students from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) have been crowned the winners of the Oman National Cyber Security CTF Competition, organised by the Arab Regional Cyber Security centre and Cyber Talents.

The first place was won by “INFSSec” Team – made up of Rami Al-Amri, Abdul Rahman BaOmar and Dr. Mohammed Al Fairuz.

With Micro Trend as a strategic partner, and hosted by Oman CERT, the competition had participants demonstrate their technical ability in the cybersecurity field. Winners of Oman National CTF will automatically qualify to compete in the Arab Finals in December. The winning team will have the opportunity to travel and stay in Egypt to participate in the regional cybersecurity competition among Arab countries at Cairo Security Camp.

The competition orientation sessions were held in different colleges and universities in Oman between September 25 and 28, 2017. Nine teams from 10 educational institutions in the Sultanate qualified to participate in the final of the competition. The final round contained several challenges for contestants in teams 9 in various areas of information security.

Second place was bagged by the team “Anonymous,” that consists of Abdul Aziz Ambusaidi and Marwan Al Maamari. “Oman’s Digital Army” team, which consists of Said Al-Bahari, Ahmed Al-Reesi and Hazza Al-Fahdi won the third place.

Commenting on their victory in the in the competition, the SQU information student Abdulrahman BaOmar said that the competition enabled us to apply their skills and capabilities in cybersecurity.

Dr. Mohammed added, “The competition created an experience for students that encouraged them to make more of an effort in understanding the secrets of cybersecurity and participate again in the upcoming competitions to promote and refine this knowledge.”